Bacterial vaginosis

Medicine (United Kingdom)

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 359-363

  Hay, Phillip ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopobium; bacterial vaginosis; biofilm; Gardnerella; metronidazole

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ATOPOBIUM VAGINAE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BIOFILM; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 84903626579     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: 13654357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2014.04.011     Document Type: Review

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